Opinions were fast and furious last week reacting to Nestle’s decision to source their Kit Kat bars (sold in the UK and Ireland) from Fair Trade certified producers. Below, Nick Reid (Sales Department) adds his voice to the discussion. On December 7th, Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, announced it will convert their entire line [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fair Trade chocolate’
Give Me A Break… Of That Fair Trade Kit Kat Bar
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fair Trade chocolate, Nestle on December 14, 2009 | 11 Comments »
“… The Not-So-Sweet Truth about…Chocolate Bars.”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged child slavery, Fair Trade chocolate, Ozark Natural Foods on September 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One of the unique things about Equal Exchange is that the foundation of our work is based on relationships. It’s both how we do our work and why we do our work. The means and the ends, you could say. Relationships with our farmer partners, for sure. But we also carry out our work in [...]
Profiting from Child Trafficking
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged child slavery, child trafficking, Fair Trade chocolate on August 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The following post was written by Dary Goodrich, Chocolate Products Manager For years at Equal Exchange we’ve been trying to call attention to the problem of forced child labor in the chocolate industry (see “Modern Slavery on Cocoa Farms” Equal Exchange 2006 Annual Report, “Reverse Trick-or-Treating” Equal Exchange 2007 Annual Report, “V-Days Dark Side” [...]
An Ode to Chocolate
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CONACADO, Fair Trade chocolate, Ten Thousand Villages on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At this morning’s staff meeting, we were told that Bethany from Ten Thousand Villages in Goshen, Indiana included the following poem with her weekly order: Chocolate, O, chocolate How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… In fondue, flourless chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, in espresso drinks, beside espresso drinks, melted [...]
On Passover: Considering Child Slavery on Cocoa Farms
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged child slavery, cocoa farms, Fair Trade chocolate on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following article, by Rodney North, Public Relations Manager and Susan Sklar, Interfaith Program Manager, first appeared on April 2nd on the Jew and the Carrot blog. On Passover every Jew is obligated to imagine that he or she had once been a slave in the land of Egypt. We try to envision the [...]
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